Coalway

Worth seeing in and around Coalway

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Puzzlewood

   Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.

   1.5 km · ancient woodland site, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Clearwell Castle

   Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a Gothic Revival house constructed from 1727. Built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris, it is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.

   3.1 km · house in Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Clearwell Caves

   Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. It now operates primarily as a working mining museum.

   2.3 km · cave system in Clearwell, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Coleford Great Western Railway Museum

   Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988.

   1.1 km · Railway museum in Coleford, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Darkhill Ironworks

   Darkhill Ironworks, and the neighbouring Titanic Steelworks, are internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries in the 19th century. Both are scheduled monuments.

   1.5 km · historic site in England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Slaughter Stream Cave

   Slaughter Stream Cave, also known as Wet Sink, is a cave system in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean. A series of fixed ladders and two pitches lead to sporting streamways, sandy crawls and fossil passages.

   3.5 km · cave system in Forest of Dean, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Parkend Ironworks

   Parkend Ironworks, also known as Parkend Furnace, in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, was a coke-fired furnace built in 1799. Most of the works were demolished between 1890 and 1908, but the engine house survived and is arguably the best preserved example of its kind to be found in the United Kingdom.

   3.7 km · historic site in England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Perrygrove Railway

   Perrygrove Railway is a minimum-gauge railway of 15 in gauge. It is located at Perrygrove Farm in the Forest of Dean, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England.

   1.2 km · heritage railway in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Royal Forest of Dean College

   Royal Forest of Dean College was a college of further education located close to the town of Coleford, in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire. It was dissolved by government order as of 31 January 2011 in order to be merged to Gloucestershire College.

   2.3 km · further education college (defunct) school in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Speech House

    The Speech House is a hotel and former administrative building in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, lying at the centre of the forest on the road from Coleford to Cinderford. The building was originally constructed as a hunting lodge for Charles II and the Speech House was authorised by the Dean Forest Act 1667 (19 & 20 Cha.

    3.7 km · building in West Dean, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Coalway

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 46 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 94 km

Stations

Parkend railway station, 3.8 km · Oakiron railway station, 1.1 km · Rookwood railway station, 1.1 km · Speech House Road railway station, 2.6 km

• Bristol → Coalway

  38 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · £4.5–6
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• Cardiff → Coalway

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £6–9
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Coalway

  90 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–14
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